{"id":21712,"date":"2024-08-27T18:20:11","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T18:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21712"},"modified":"2024-08-27T18:20:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T18:20:14","slug":"hopetown-to-host-national-emancipation-festival-in-2025-says-president-ali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/hopetown-to-host-national-emancipation-festival-in-2025-says-president-ali\/","title":{"rendered":"Hopetown to Host National Emancipation Festival in 2025, Says President Ali"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali revealed that Hopetown, West Coast Berbice, will be the location for the 2025 National Emancipation Festival. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the village\u2019s Emancipation celebrations last night, the President emphasized the significance of reflecting on the strength and perseverance of the Afro-Guyanese community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted plans for a large-scale event aimed at uniting people in celebration of their heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To ensure the success of the festival, President Ali explained that a committee will be established, bringing together villagers, government officials, and cultural groups to collaborate on the planning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stressed the importance of villages like Hopetown as centers for preserving and passing down cultural traditions to future generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President also reinforced his commitment to working closely with every village to tackle challenges and promote progress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He called for continued unity and peace across the country, emphasizing that a society free from hatred and fear is essential for true development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following his official address, President Ali joined the villagers, engaging with them as they celebrated the Emancipation festivities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali revealed that Hopetown, West Coast Berbice, will be the location for the 2025 National Emancipation Festival. During the village\u2019s Emancipation celebrations last night, the President&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21715,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,367],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-one-guyana"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21712"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21716,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21712\/revisions\/21716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}